Continuing its drive to increase Internet penetration nationally, LIME is rolling out a slate of low cost prepaid mobile Internet service packages with rates cut by as much as 66%.

Beginning May 1, 2012, LIME’s popular prepaid 1-day plan will be available for $100, down from $300. Similarly, the price of the 7-day prepaid package will be slashed by more than 50% down to $600 from $1,250.  In addition, the 30-day package will be available for just $2,500, down from $3,500.

LIME’s postpaid mobile Internet rates will remain the same; however, the data allocation for both the “Casual User” and “Regular User” packages will be increased.  Customers opting for the “Casual User” plan will now get 2GB instead of 1GB for $2000.  In the same vein, the “Regular User” plan now offers 4GB instead of 3GB for $3000.

LIME’s mobile Internet service gives customers the ease and convenience of accessing the Internet with wireless devices such as smartphones, MI-FI units, dongles and USB modems or any other enabled devices. The reduction of the prices of its prepaid mobile Internet service packages is just the latest move by the company in its continuing drive to make it easier and more affordable for Jamaicans to access the Internet. 

Last year, LIME introduced the FLIPtop, a low-cost laptop which the company bundles with its postpaid ADSL and mobile Internet service packages.  By making laptops more affordable, LIME has removed a critical barrier to Internet service faced by many citizens, the cost of a computer.

Now, by lowering the cost of prepaid mobile Internet, LIME is making it even easier for a wider cross-section of persons to access the Internet as customers can use readily available devices such as mobile phones to surf the web and send email, among other things.

“LIME is the company that brought the Internet to Jamaica, we built the network that supports the majority of Jamaica’s data communication and we believe that we have a responsibility to ensure that more Jamaicans have access to the kind of technology that will improve their quality of life be it personally, academically or professionally,” said Garry Sinclair, LIME’s Managing Director for Jamaica & Cayman.

“By slashing the cost of our prepaid mobile Internet service, we are making it easier and more affordable for customers to get Internet while on the go from practically anywhere in Jamaica.  Everyone; students, business people, professionals and recreational users, will experience the benefits of having Internet access without being tethered to a wired connection,” he added.

The new rates and packages are listed below: